Professional learning

‘Be innovative’, ‘Look after your mental health’. Our survey asked Teacher readers to share advice. Here are some of their tips.

Teacher chats to John Burns in China about creating a school social media presence and showcasing teaching and learning via Twitter.

Teacher contributor Hedley Willsea offers his tips on how fellow educators can share their work with the wider community by getting published.

‘When we can see an opportunity, we can think about what’s possible and then wonder how we can make it happen.’ Fiona Gordon discusses how allowing students to construct their own knowledge can create change.

Susan Caldis gives us the lowdown on a book designed to encourage critical self-reflection and personal development.

To what extent are new teachers supported once they are employed in a new school? OECD data provides some interesting insights.

Researchers are testing innovative methods for recognising highly accomplished practitioners that link focused portfolio tasks to teacher standards.

Britt Gow recently read two books - one by Carol Dweck and the other by John Geake. Here, she elaborates on why she thinks they are worthwhile to a teacher’s professional learning.

If you're looking to carry out school-based research, what makes a good question? What will the project involve? And, how can you share your findings with the community?

Teacher chats to a Californian educator about how teachers at her school are reaping the rewards from an in-house PD program that utilises a teachers teaching teachers delivery model.